Synagogue Bombings in Constantinople!

[Ned]

panag, I agree that the cause of the attack has a lot to do with the negative image of Israel protrayed not only in Europe but throughout the Arab world. The people who do that are fanning the flames of anti-Semitism just as much as Hitler once did.

[Buck Birdseed]

So in analogy we shouldn't criticise the regime in, say, Saudi Arabia 'cause it'll mean people will be less friendly towards arabs? Most people on this side of the atlantic can tell the difference between the imperialist Israeli state killing machine and jews in general, you know.

[Ned]

Yeah, but Buck, there does seem to be a drumbeat of negative spin against Israel. You even seem to admit it. What you do not seem to admit is that affects many, particularly Muslims, to hate Jews in general and to attack them.

[Buck Birdseed]

It affects the feeble-minded and the insane. Taxi Driver made John Hinkley try to asassinate Ronald Reagan, doesn't affect the justification of that movie at all.

How about applying some of your vaunted libertarian-american principles and stop blaming the actions of individuals on an intellectual climate? Anti-semites are entirely and fully personally responsible for their views, surely?

[Sandman]

In other, almost certainly under-reported news, the German MP that was recently accused of making an anti-semitic speech has been expelled from the parliamentary party of the CDU.

And Britain could have a Jewish prime minister in two years time.

[Dr Strangelove]

Actually I think the problem is not that some people hate to hate, but rather that they love to hate. We are all powerless at times to prevent events in our lives that give us pain, yet being who we are we feel at some level that we should be responsible. For some people having a group of people to invest with blame gives a fair amount of relief.

Britain has already had a Jewish prime minister. His name was Benjamin Disraeli.

[Sandman]

Disraeli was a Christian for most of his life, and certainly during his time in office.

[Az]

That mattered much more to the jews than to the British, IMO.

[laurentius]

Originally posted by Timexwatch
Say it with me kids,

Istanbul, not Constantinople
Istanbul, not Constantinople
Istanbul, not Constantinople

....

How about eis teen polis?

And yes, this is terrible

[Panag]

Originally posted by Ned
panag, I agree that the cause of the attack has a lot to do with the negative image of Israel protrayed not only in Europe but throughout the Arab world. The people who do that are fanning the flames of anti-Semitism just as much as Hitler once did.

hi ,

well what you want , check the sig in a while btw , ......

even on apolyton there are people posting " i hate Israelis " , ......

hate kills , wheter you are jewish or not , it still kills and from all the bombings there is one lesson , hate kills without any prejudice , ...... a bomb kills all type's of people , ......

but yeah , as always it so easy to blame a small minority of 15 million , ......

have a nice day

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Sandman
Disraeli was a Christian for most of his life, and certainly during his time in office.

Yes, but he was ethnically Jewish at a time when an awful lot of people wouldn't have bothered to make the distinction. Did you know that the Christian Identity movement originated in England?

[Dr Strangelove]

According to the news al-Quida just claimed responsibility for the bombings of the synagogues in Istanbul. No details as to how this fit into their goals were given.

[Ned]

Dr. Strangelove, given the recent statements from Mahathir about Jewish domination of the world, it seems clear how radical? Islamics think.

What may have begun as anti-Israeli sentiment clearly is now outright anti-Semitism in most of the Muslim world. It is hard to imagine how anyone could have expected something different after decades of anti-Israel spin and outright propaganda.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove Yes, but he was ethnically Jewish at a time when an awful lot of people wouldn't have bothered to make the distinction. Did you know that the Christian Identity movement originated in England?

Ok, if Michael Howard wins the general election, he'll be Britain's first practising Jewish Prime Minister. Too bad he hasn't got anything else going for him.

What's the Christian Identity movement?

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Sandman


Ok, if Michael Howard wins the general election, he'll be Britain's first practising Jewish Prime Minister. Too bad he hasn't got anything else going for him.

I presume that if Britain elects a Jewish PM al-Quida may initiate attacks against great Britain. One wonders what stance the other EU nations will take on such an occasion.

What's the Christian Identity movement?

Christian Identity is a bizarre church that believe that English speaking christains are the true Jewish race and all Jews are imposters planted by satan. The movement in the US is quite vocal about its hatred for minorities and ZOG. The Oklahoma bomber, Timothy McVeigh, apparently had had some contact with them in the year before he staged his attack. I would imagine that they would have thought that since Disraeli had been born a Jew then he must have been some sort of satanic infiltrator. I don't know what the leaders of the movement in 19th century England actually thought about Disraeli though.